In 2019, EZGames69 first submitted a TAS for this game but cancelled it after finding out Twisted_Eye had a WIP that got better RNG (which is very difficult to manipulate in this game). I decided to take a look at his WIP myself and found 14 frames of improvement near the end. I have designated Twisted_Eye as first author since most of the input in this submission is his.
Highlights
- Completes 1 Loop of the game's 11 stages
- Heavy luck manipulation
The current speculation seems to be that difficulty maxes out after 5 loops.
DrD2k9: Claiming for judging.
DrD2k9: Run looks good.
As mentioned here, completing only one loop (one complete building) of the game is sufficient for publication. A run that chose to continue until a later completion point (i.e. end of difficulty increase/new content) would obsolete this run despite being a longer run itself. As I mentioned in my opinion in the thread, 6 buildings (loops) would exhaust new content from what I can deduce from the game's manual; while speculated that end of difficulty increase is aroudn the 5th building, it is not currently clear where difficulty stops increasing.
Another run option for this game would include (but not necessarily be limited to) a "maximum score" branch.
Accepting.